Members of the Caribou High School Class of 1971 celebrated their 40th class reunion July 8-9, with 74 classmates enjoying festivities on Friday at the Sports Inn and Saturday evening at the Caribou Inn and Convention Center.
Photo by Duane McCubrey
Caribou High School 1971 classmates attending the 40th reunion are, in front, from left: Colette Nadeau, Lula (Anderson) Gagnon, Diane (Ketch) Hopkins, Pam (Hershberger) Thompson, Barbara Rossignol, Dolly (St. John) Jandreau, Brenda (Noyes) Curtis, Shari (Olmstead) Dyer, June (Wright) Nelson, Carol (Guerrette) Harvey, Jeanne (Sandstrom) Wight and Susan (Kirchner) Skidgel. Second row: Barbara (Milton) Scott, Beverly (McIssac) Ballard, Susan Collins, Lorena (Plourde) Fenlason, Kenneth Levesque, Delilah (Tracy) Sirois, Richard Martin, Bill Madore, Jane (Savage) Umphrey, Debbie (Johnson) Blanchette, Pat (Somers) Skrable, Sandy (McMillan) Hallowell, Ann (Morgan) Gahagan, Cindy (Wright) Blanchette, Colleen (Ouellette) Blanchette, Terry (Levasseur) Charest, Kathy (Wark) Tautznik, Karen (Chamberlain) Mosher and Ruth (Brown) Jester. Third row: Butch Doody, Elwood Gallagher, Jane (Blanchette) Bouchard, Chris (Theriault) Olsen, Susan (Doody) Stedt, Don Blanchette, Bob Brissette, Graden Rediker, Tom Clowes, Steve Richards, Donald Sjostedt, Ron Ericson and Greg Anderson. Fourth row: Jim Page, David Sjostedt, Myron Hale, Chuck Lyons, Rick Umphrey, Jim Jones, Greg Curran, Roy Ouellette, John St. Peter, John Johnston, John Chick, Errol Forsman, John Belanger, Danny Conroy and Rodney Michaud. In back: John Belanger, Lars Olsen, Paul Nadeau, George Monteith, Alan Jepson, Steve Anderson, Terry Guerrette, Galen Levesque, Paul Belanger, Galen Plourde, Chuck Hackett and Ron Plourde.
A social time took place prior to the dinner and program on Saturday evening, during which classmates renewed friendships and comments such a “I’d know you anywhere — you haven’t changed” to “I thought that was you but I wasn’t sure” and “remember when …,” were heard throughout the banquet room.
A memorial wall, created by reunion organizers, and dedicated to the memory of the 30 deceased Class of 1971 classmates was on display throughout the evening. Those attending the 40th reunion also enjoyed a video compiled of earlier Caribou days, highlighted by school day photos.
Following dinner, Butch Doody, serving as master of ceremonies, kept his former classmates laughing as he proceeded to help determine those who would be celebrated as: traveling the farthest for the reunion; married the longest/fewest years; most grandchildren; most great-grandchildren; changed the least/most; and married the most times.
At the completion of the dinner and program, members of the Caribou High School Class of 1971 listened and danced to the tunes from their high school days, provided by Good Vibrations with DJs Steve and Jim Leighton.
